RSS Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 In Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution, Wolverine assembles a brand new team to proactively eliminate Apocalypse. Problem is, the world-conquering mutant has been resurrected as a child. Doc Savage: Lords of Lightning provides Earth-2.net: The Show with Mike's latest rant. One that barely allows Dan to speak during the review. And Nextwave: Agents of HATE Ultimate Collection is insane violence for the sake of insane violence. And it's awesome! [ 1:03:33 || 30.9 MB ] The above is from: http://www.earth-2.net/theshow/episodes/e2ts_455.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 This episode is going to kick so much ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 8D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 I'm not a big fan of the X-Men either, but Uncanny X-Force totally sucked me in. Jerome Opeña drew the first five issues of Remender's Punisher and the first six of Vengeance of the Moon Knight. The Fantomex indifference disappoints me. Angel is clearly not there to serve a playboy role and Deadpool is there for zany humor. Wolverine wasn't there to be "cool," he was an actual leader and not the tired,overexposed character he's become known as. One of Fantomex's actions even came back later to save the team. I'm not saying that he had the best characterization in the book, because he didn't, but he did more than take up space. Is Doc Savage a babychest or a razorfist? Based on the page of the Mindless Ones Mike posted alone, I'm buying Nextwave when I have some extra money. Trouble? Trouble!? You guys are just gluttons for punishment. Yep, this was a great episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) The Fantomex indifference disappoints me. Angel is clearly not there to serve a playboy role and Deadpool is there for zany humor. Wolverine wasn't there to be "cool," he was an actual leader and not the tired,overexposed character he's become known as. One of Fantomex's actions even came back later to save the team. I'm not saying that he had the best characterization in the book, because he didn't, but he did more than take up space. I don't want it to come across like I hate Fantomex, but I stand by what I said; everything he brings to the table, other characters already bring. Do they do it in this storyline? Not necessarily, but the door if there if Rick Remender wants to walk through it. Outside of being a thief, Fantomex never really seemed unique to me. Is Doc Savage a babychest or a razorfist? Babychest was coined for books just like this Doc Savage trade paperback: insultingly stupid pieces of trash that hurt the industry by their very existence. EDIT: While I was reading Doc Savage: Lords of Lightning, I had to see what other people said about it, which led me to this positive review. However, the best part about it is the comment someone left after the review was posted: If you honestly enjoyed any of the doc savage books that have come out recently from dc, i have lost all respect for you and any of your opinions. All 4 that i've read so far have been complete nonsense. Zero character development. Choppy storytelling and lack of story for that matter. Extremely amateurish dialogue. I would honestly believe someone if they told me it was written by a 6 year old. I am disappointed that I subjected myself to such torture for 4 issues. I have no previous bias against the character or the writer. Paul Malmount has proven himself unworthy of writing comics for the rest of time for churning out this piece of garbage. If I were the king of the internet, I would shut down your website for recommending something like this to readers. Edited April 9, 2011 by The Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Yay for Internet Jesus! If you guys had given this a bad rating, I may have had to hurt you guys. Also, I seriously need to pick up this trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Yay for cartoon voices during reviews leading up to a "babychest" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I'm not a big fan of the X-Men either, but Uncanny X-Force totally sucked me in. I totally admit that I read Doc Savage before reading Uncanny X-Force, and it's completely and totally possible that my hatred of the former colored my experience reading the latter. I was hating comics by the time I finished Doc Savage. I'll give it a while and re-read X-Force and see if I like it better on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I totally admit that I read Doc Savage before reading Uncanny X-Force, and it's completely and totally possible that my hatred of the former colored my experience reading the latter. I was hating comics by the time I finished Doc Savage. I'll give it a while and re-read X-Force and see if I like it better on its own. It's official: Doc Savage: The Lords of Lightning is "The Terrible Trio" of comic books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Yes. Yes it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Nobody's said it yet but I loved the banner for this episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 It's official: Doc Savage: The Lords of Lightning is "The Terrible Trio" of comic books. By that same token, "Batman RIP" would've been the "Christmas with the Joker" of Waiting for the Trade, for like that episode, a lot of people quite like it, but the hosts loathed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 It's official: Doc Savage: The Lords of Lightning is "The Terrible Trio" of comic books. By that same token, "Batman RIP" would've been the "Christmas with the Joker" of Waiting for the Trade, for like that episode, a lot of people quite like it, but the hosts loathed it. I'd actually go with "The Laughing Fish." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 It's official: Doc Savage: The Lords of Lightning is "The Terrible Trio" of comic books. By that same token, "Batman RIP" would've been the "Christmas with the Joker" of Waiting for the Trade, for like that episode, a lot of people quite like it, but the hosts loathed it. I'd actually go with "The Laughing Fish." Mike and James were negative-to-lukewarm about that episode, with James giving it a 5 and Mike bumping up his score from a 3 to a 6. "Christmas with the Joker", however, was ranked very low from the beginning and did not have its score bumped up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 I just figured out that Dirk Anger's name is a play on Nick Fury's name. I mean, I knew Anger was a Nick Fury-like character, what with the patch-thing he wears, but, yeah... I'm gonna sit in the corner now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I've listened to this episode several times but each time have had trouble deciphering what Dan said right after Mike said "What wife would call her husband 'Long Tom' in public?". What exactly did you say, Dan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I believe I said something along the lines of "A very lucky one." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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